Exercise Fabius

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Exercise Fabius, or Operation Fabius, was a formal exercise for the Allied Operation Neptune in World War II.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}} The other was Exercise Tiger, which had occurred a week earlier.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=152}}

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The exercise was planned to start on 2 May 1944, but bad weather delayed it to the next day.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}

It consisted of six separate exercises:{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}

• Fabius 1: elements of the 1st Infantry Division and 29th Infantry Division (United States) practised amphibious landing at Slapton Sands.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}
• Fabius 2: elements of the 50th Infantry Division practised landings at Hayling Island.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}
• Fabius 3: elements of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division practised landings at Bracklesham Bay.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}
• Fabius 4: elements of the 3rd Infantry Division and associated units practised landing at Littlehampton.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}
• Fabius 5 and 6: practice for American and British forces working on buildup of forces and supplies on Allied beaches.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}

They formed the largest amphibious training exercise of the war.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}} As the final exercise before Operation Neptune, it resembled closely the final operation and no major changes could be made to Operation Neptune.{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=153}}{{sfn|Yung|2006|p=154}}

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